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30 October 2009

Voor mijn foto's heb ik een nieuwe blog aangemaakt. Zo kan ik beide hobby's beter gescheiden houden. Omdat ik een bericht zonder foto niet compleet vind, hierbij een plaatje van de polder op Tholen. Als Zuid Limburgse verbaas ik me steeds weer over de vlakheid van het grootste deel van Nederland.To keep my hobbies seperated I started a new blog for my photos. A posting without a picture is not complete so here's one that I made yesterday on the island of Tholen. Very flat as you can see. It amazes me each time I see it since I live in the hilly part of the country.

22 October 2009

I discovered this wonderful site where you can sign in and show a photo of the sky on your own blog every Friday. I have this thing with skies. Somehow clouds always have impressed me and I have taken many shots of them. So I decided to join in and post some pictures I took last week at the Northsea coast in Zeeland when visiting the Deltaworks. Hope you enjoy them.

18 October 2009

Just a few minutes before we left for a trip to the coast last week the mailman had a surprise for me. After unwrapping I found the most beautiful little friendship bag you can immagine. My swap partner was Claudia from Germany. She really did a great job. I am so happy with this beauty. Danke Dir liebe Claudia. Du hast mich wirklich eine grosse Freude gemacht mit dem Taeschen und den kleinen Geschenken die du beigelegt hattest. Thank you so much Claudia I am so happy with it and I will cherish it.
Vlak voordat we vorige week naar de kust vertrokken bracht de postbode een pakje met daarin het tasje van de friendship bag swap. Claudia uit Duitsland was mijn swap partner en ze heeft me geweldig verrast met het prachtige tasje. Het is gemaakt van Japanse stoffen. Ik ben er echt heel blij mee, ook met de leuke cadeautjes die ze had ingesloten. Dank je wel Claudia, ik had geen betere partner kunnen treffen.
Afgelopen week hebben we doorgebracht in het vakantiehuisje van Jeannet en haar man. We hebben daar hun katten en kippen verzorgd en mochten in ruil daarvoor in het huisje wonen. We hebben het er heerlijk gehad. Wat een rust en ruimte. En wat was het leuk om voor de beestenboel te zorgen. Het zijn allemaal heel aparte dieren. De katten zijn echte knuffelkatten, maar hebben wel een eigen wil. De kippen zijn al even bijzonder, vooral de zwarte, die niet bij de andere kippen in de ren woont. Ze is daar alleen maar gast aan tafel en scharrelt verder de hele dag over het erf. Als de zon onder gaat vliegt ze in de boom voor het huisje en brengt daar de nacht door. Nooit eerder een kip in een boom gezien. Heel apart (maar misschien is het wel heel gewoon, voor deze kip zeker). We hebben ook wat uitstapjes gemaakt en voor de zoveelste keer was ik onder de indruk van de Deltawerken. Hoe vaak ik die ook al gezien heb, ik vind ze iedere keer weer imponerend.Last week we stayed in Jeannet's holiday home near the South Holland coast. There we looked after her cats and chickens while she and her family spent their holidays in another part of the country. We enjoyed it so much looking after these adorable animals. The black chick does not live with the others, just eats there and then roams the garden. At sunset she flies into the tree in front of the holiday home and stays there all night. It was fun to see a flying chick. Never saw that before.We also did a bit of sightseeing and no matter how often I see them I am always impressed by the Delta werken, the enormous projects that protect our country from flooding. (and I am always glad to live in the higher part of the country 250 m above see level). If you are interested in the Deltawerken please click here.

Our windmills are not as romantic any more as they used to be but still impressive. And the setting is as breath taking as ever.

Tomorrow we are driving to the west coast for a week of sand, water en wind. Autumn is my favorite season for beach holidays. I love to feel the cold wind in my face. I told this before: I don't particularly like summer. For me it is usually too hot. At the moment the weather is windy and rainy and I am really looking forward to a stroll in fall weather and then come home in a warm and inviting house. But even if the weather is fine it is OK with me for it will not be hot anymore. I will take my laptop but I am not sure if I have acces to the internet. It depends on the signal from the main house. If I can't I'll see you in a week.

Sommeke gave me this award for helping her to pick up a very very slow almost forgotten project again. Thank you Yvonne, I really appreciate it. I would like to give the award to Granny's House because I enjoy Ines's stories about her life so much, and to Jopie's Dromenquilt because this young foundation is going to do so much good by donating quilts to sick and traumatised children.

07 October 2009

Because I am taking up my knitting needles again I need a bag or basket to keep my things organized. So I designed and sewed a knitting basket. It is big enough to hold all the yarn and pieces of a project.

03 October 2009

I received a mail from Diane that she received the friendship bag I made for her. I am glad she liked it. She had a problem with her camera so she could not take a picture to post on her blog. Well here's a photo. Because I read on her blog that orange was her favorite colour I made an orange bag. It is bright indeed!

Another month passed so time to show Sommeke that I worked on my SBS. September was an extremely busy month but I managed to do something.Fortunately Yvonne has been very busy too. The day before yesterday we both confessed not to have sewn a stitch for the challenge yet. So yesterday I have been sewing sewing sewing....to show at least something